Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Bigg, The Beautiful

I had my first run in today with the Chicago PD…

I was walking Mr. Bigg around the park this morning, like I do every morning. And I was on part of a sidewalk that runs along a dead end street. As we neared the dead end a Chicago police suburban pulled up next to me. The officer rolled down the window – he was a huge, black man with a buzzed head and dark sunglasses. (Even though it was super cloudy outside… Maybe he was trying to look intimidating?? … it worked.)

He looked pissed.

Officer: How did you obtain my property?

Me: Excuse me?

Officer: How. Did. You. Obtain. My. Property?

At this point, both Mr. Bigg and I were staring at him sideways, like that was supposed to help make sense of this situation.

He motioned his head toward Mr. Bigg.

Me: Huh?

Then he burst out laughing…. like a deep belly laugh. He had cracked himself up.

Me? My laugh was more of an “I STILL have no idea what you’re talking about…but I’m going to laugh because you’re laughing” laugh.

Officer: That is the most beautiful dog!!! He is just beeeeeauuuuutiful!

Me: Oh, well, thanks.

Officer: Great dog! Great dog!

He is still laughing, he seems like quite a jolly man. Then he stops, regains the angry expression from before, rolls up his window and reverses down the street.

Oookkkk….

While this is all a little bizarre it’s not really that surprising.

Chicagoans love Mr. Bigg.

Every time I take him outside people oooo and ahhh over him. People stop me and ask questions about him, I don’t know if people here are just super friendly, or if they actually love my dog.

One lady threw her hands up, ran across the park and said, “OHHH! I’ve never seen a brown one before! He’s gorgeous!!!”

Really? She’s never seen a brown Chihuahua?

And those are just the two most dramatic situations…

Do they not have Chihuahuas in Chicago?

I guess I’m just confused because in Texas Chihuahuas don’t seem to be too popular.

Chicago

I began writing The Undomesticated Housewife in April of 2009 when my husband Lee and I moved to the Philippines. It's been a year since we moved back home, and we are starting a new chapter of our lives in Chicago. I decided to get back to blogging and chronicle our adventures in the Windy City. Stay Tuned!